Due to the construction of the national highway from Dongguang County to Yanshan County , we have to take a small road through the countryside and villages. Yanshan County is named after the Yanshan Mountain located eighty miles southeast of the county. was established in Gaocheng County in the Han Dynasty, and was changed to Yanshan County in the 18th year of Kaihuang's reign in the Sui Dynasty (598 AD).
Cangzhou • Yanshan • Jingye Temple is located in the south of Hanqiao New Village, Yanshan Town, Yanshan County, Cangzhou City, Hebei Province, on the south bank of Xuanhui River and on the east side of Provincial Road 283.
Cangzhou • Yanshan • Jingye Temple was built on March 15, 2006 by layman Zhang Ainong, covering an area of 122 acres. The temple as a whole faces south, with an inverted "L" shape in plan, and is divided into three areas: the main hall area, Guanyin Square, and Reclining Buddha Square. There are also four pagodas.
The main hall area of Cangzhou • Yanshan • Jingye Temple is laid out symmetrically along the central axis, with the main gate facing west, followed by the screen wall, mountain gate, Tianwang Hall, east and west side rooms, Daxiong Hall, Dharma Hall . The courtyard behind the Dharma Hall is the Hui Deng Hall, which is the abbot's courtyard.
Guanyin Square is on the east side of the main hall area. The original 38-meter-high open-air Guanyin Bodhisattva was removed for some reason, leaving only the huge lotus seat. On the left side of the lotus seat are the Guanyin Hall and the Pagoda, and on the right side are the Pilu Hall, the Ksitigarbha Hall and the Patriarch Hall.
Reclining Buddha Square is on the east side of Guanyin Square. There is the Reclining Buddha Hall, the Life Release Pool, the Zhaitang and three pagodas. The dormitories surround the Reclining Buddha Hall.
Author: Alec Rongtong Donglai
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